Puccino’s has arrived at Eastbourne station
Passengers at Eastbourne station have been welcomed to complimentary drinks and pastries courtesy of the latest retailer to arrive at the station, Puccino’s.
2,000 more Thameslink seats for Cambridge and Brighton commuters
Thameslink will be doubling the frequency of the new Cambridge-Brighton cross-London service so that two trains an hour will run in each direction. Weekend Thameslink trains also receive a significant boost with 180 extra services on Saturday and 100 extra on Sunday.
Safety at Foxton is fun for young travel ambassadors
Six Hertfordshire schoolchildren enjoyed a fun, hands-on railway safety lesson on a trip to Foxton signal box and level crossing this week [Monday 4 March].
Calling at all stations to equality: UK’s largest rail company launches recruitment campaign to increase diversity on the railways
GTR has launched the UK’s biggest rail recruitment campaign to attract more women and young people to consider a rewarding career in rail
Elstree & Borehamwood Station redevelopment on schedule
Latest from project site featuring passenger improvements
GTR creates more parking space at Biggleswade station
Improvements are being made to the car park at Biggleswade station
Time-saving passenger smartcard rolled out to stations between Leigh and Nutfield
Southern Rail’s time-saving, secure smartcard, The Key, can now be used at five additional stations, on the route between Leigh and Nutfield
Southern comment regarding homeless man at Sutton station
Southern Rail has issued the following comment after a video appeared online featuring station staff and a homeless man at Sutton station:
Angie Doll, Passenger Services Director for Southern Railway, said: "We take this incident extremely seriously and have started an investigation. We suspended the two members of staff seen in the video and a third colleague who we identified from station CCT
Warm welcome for Hatfield hot drinks
Passengers at Hatfield station can now sit and relax with a cup of quality coffee and a pastry with the opening of the iamcoffee shop in the station’s extension. With seats for 20 customers it is the first sit-down outlet at the station, a long-awaited attraction.
Buses to replace trains on two working days through Lewes as £25m signalling upgrade is completed
Network Rail will be switching on a modern, more reliable state of the art signalling system to reduce train delays during a four-day closure of the railway in the Lewes area from Thursday 7 March to Sunday 10 March